Appeal No. 97-0894
Application 08/069,931
applicable to the manufacturing of the synthetic resin in
Mueller. These later two references both teach the plastic
substance of which the coil bobbin/body is made and each of these
references includes a magnetizable material, where Mueller
specifically teaches that the material is impregnated within the
plastic resin body to increase the inductance of an associated
electric coil. The magnetic material within each of Mueller
and Anderson is clearly “magnetizable” within the context of the
claims on appeal and is specifically taught to be magnetized
in the latter portions of column 4 of Anderson during its
manufacturing process. During use, it is apparent that the
artisan would have appreciated from the mere use of the coil
being activated in the claims on appeal by a current flowing
therethrough that the magnetizable material would have been
magnetized. Finally, each of the references teaches in some
manner the claimed mounting element.
The references relied upon clearly show the same or similar
features, used in the same manner and for the same purpose.
In re Gorman, 933 F.2d 982, 986, 18 USPQ2d 1885, 1888 (Fed. Cir.
1991).
Turning to appellant’s arguments, we note that the test for
obviousness is not whether the features of the secondary
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